Chapter 67 (1/2)

Hearing this voice, He Yiming started.

Although he’d not spoken more than a few lines with this person, he could easily guess the ident.i.ty of this person. This person was one of the two most outstanding members of the Xu family’s third generation, Xu Yude.

Xu Yinjie faintly nodded and said, “Yude, the collection of scriptures in the storehouse is the hard work of your elders’ lifetime. Now that you are in charge of it, you’ve to manage it properly. You mustn’t allow any damage to it.”

Xu Yude respectfully nodded. Xu castle’s regulations were indeed way more stricter than that of He manor.

He family was restricted in numbers. Their third generation only had nine members. However, Xu family had been pa.s.sed on through several centuries. Not to mention the third generation members, even the members that were born in the same generation as that of the Lord Master himself exceeded nine.

Therefore, in comparison, when Xu Yude and others of his generation faced the family master, they all trembled with fear. They didn’t dare slip in the slightest. If they caused their elders disappointment in any way, they could be marginalized at any time.

Xu Yinjie continued, “Anzhi, since how long have you a.s.sumed duty in the inner storehouse under Yude?”

A slow and prudent voice sounded, “Reporting to Lord Master, two years have pa.s.sed since.”

Distantly hearing, He Yiming’s two eyes slightly widened. He absolutely couldn’t forget this voice. In fact, he remembered this voice even clearer than that of Xu Yude.

On that night when he was attending Cheng family’s banquet, it was this voice’s owner who had delivered the scripture of Blaze technique to the black-clothed man. That black-clothed man was not able to escape with the scripture and was intercepted by him halfway through. However, that was a different story.

One of his most important objectives in coming to the Xu castle was to find this person. He hadn’t expected that he would be able to find this person right away. This was truly what they say ‘looking everywhere and finding it under one’s nose.’

“Two years&h.e.l.lip;.good. Yude said that these two years, you have been quite sincere- not inferior to your father and grandfather at all,” Xu Yinjie said in a satisfied voice, “If you have some request, you can ask. Our Xu family will not treat a loyal person unjust.”

That man seemed to be fawning- as if he wished to say something but didn’t dare.

Xu Right scolded him with a laugh, “Hong Anzhi, your three generations have sincerely served our Xu family. Your grandfather and father were both straightforward men. Why is it that by your generation, you all have turned into such cowards.”

That man seemed to have straightened his chest before he said, “Esteemed Lord Master, two years ago, ever since this disciple started to follow young master Yude, this disciple has only gone outside two times. However, during these times, this disciple has gotten closer to Hehua of Xu town. So&h.e.l.lip;so&h.e.l.lip;.”

“Hehua?” Xu Yinjie started before asking, “You have already been together?”

“Yes.” Hong Anzhi said in a low voice.

Xu Yinxie pondered for a few moments before saying, “When did this happen?”

“About half a year ago, when this disciple went out with young master Yude, this disciple happened to meet with Hehua in the Xu town. These six months, Hehua has also come to the outer castle many times. However, due to clan rules, we can only see each other about once in a month or so,” Hong Anzhi mumblingly said.

Xu Yinxie didn’t seem dissatisfied, and he instead said, “Anzhi, you really do understand the rules. You’ve managed to not betray the castle rules. In your wedding, I will replace your late grandfather.”

“Many thanks to esteemed Lord Master,” Hong Anzhi immediately knelt down and heavily kowtowed.

After he completed the greeting, Xu Yinxie again said, “However, since you are getting married to a person outside the inner castle, according to the rules of the castle, you can no longer manage the storehouse.”

Hong Anzhi lowered his head before suddenly saying, “Lord Master, this disciple is willing to move to the outer castle, but ask your permission to keep following young master Yude.”

An ‘en’ sound escaped from the mouth of Xu Yinxie, evidently quite pleased with the former’s response, “I give you my word, get up.”

“Yes,” One could easily discern the joy in Hong Anzhi’s voice.

However, outside, He Yiming couldn’t help but exclaim in wonder. If he had not heard this man’s conversation with the black-clothed man, he would never have believed that this man’s three generation had actually been deeply concealing themselves as spongers.

At the same time, he finally understood, why Hong Anzhi could get his hands on the Xu family’s two special techniques.

Blaze technique and Withered Tree technique, these two techniques, just like the Splitting Mountain Thirty Six Forms, couldn’t be placed in an ordinary storehouse, and from the latter’s tone, this indeed seemed to be the case, and these two techniques seemed to be stored in the inner storehouse.

As such, in charge watching over the inner storehouse- Hong Anzhi possessed the qualifications of sneaking glances at these scriptures. Although He Yiming couldn’t guess the exact method he used to actually copy them down, he could tell it must have been quite expensive.

However, this moment, He Yiming had no thoughts of exposing these matters.

Whether Xu family had a mole in their ranks or not, he couldn’t care less. The only thing he cared about was to obtain the Withered Tree technique.

After a few more minutes, Xu Yude and Hong Anzhi both left the room together. As for Xu Right, he was still discussing something with the Lord Master. However, at this point, He Yiming had lost all interest in their conversation.